Norwalk Virus As the summer season is in full gear now a particular virus is looming in the horizon. This virus is an important cause of acute gastroenteritis in humans and is the most frequently implicated cause of outbreaks of viral gastroenteritis worldwide. Noroviruses are a group of single-stranded RNA viruses in the family Caliciviridae that cause acute gastroenteritis in humans.(1) Norwalk virus is the prototypical strain in the genus. Noroviruses cause an estimated
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This disease diary will be about the disease “Tendonitis”. Tendonitis is a disease that affects your tendons and the way that they operate. Tendinitis is inflammation or irritation of a tendon. It causes pain or tenderness outside of a joint. You will mostly see this disease affected in your shoulders‚ elbows‚ knees‚ wrist‚ or your heels. This disease has common names such as golfers elbow‚ tennis elbow‚ Pitchers’ Shoulder‚ Swimmer’s Shoulder‚ and Jumpers knee. It can lead to rupture of a tendon
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BACTERIA Period: 4 Characteristics: 3 major shapes Cocci Basilli Spirilla 3 major components Mesosomes flagella Plasmids Growing Up: Bacteria can obtain energy through phototrophs(sunlight)‚ lithotrophs(inorganic compounds)‚ and organotrophs(organic compounds) Marriage/Reproduction Binary Fission: The process by which all bacteria reproduce. It results in the separation of a single cell into two. Transformation: genetic alteration
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family that has Alzheimer’s? Alzheimer’s Disease is a disorder of the brain that results in gradual mental deterioration. Eventually‚ the brain becomes so damaged that it can no longer properly regulate the body’s many systems‚ and the patient dies. However‚ because this level of deterioration may take as long as twenty years to develop from the time the disease’s symptoms are first notice‚ Alzheimer’s patients often die of other illnesses first (Willett‚ pg.4). This is a brain disorder that seriously
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pathogenic or an infectious disease is caused by an external infectious agent or pathogen such as viruses‚ bacteria‚ parasites and fungi. These pathogens are found in water‚ soil and air and a human body can be infected from drinking‚ eating or touching something infected with germs. Examples of a bacterial pathogenic disease are pneumonia and gonorrhea‚ while viral pathogenic diseases include influenza and measles. An example of a parasitic pathogenic disease is malaria‚ while an example of a fungal
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There is no precise definition of what separates the living from the non-living. One definition might be the point at which an entity becomes self-aware. In this sense‚ someone who has had severe head trauma may be classified as brain dead. In this case‚ the body and brain are still functioning on a base level and there is definitely metabolic activity in all of the cells that make up the larger organism‚ but it is presumed that there is no self-awareness so the person is classified as brain dead
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Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental functions. It’s the most common cause of dementia- a group of brain disorders that results in the loss of intellectual and social skills. It’s an irreversible‚ progressive disorder in which brain cells (neurons) deteriorate‚ resulting in the loss of cognitive functions‚ memory‚ judgment and reasoning‚ movement coordination and pattern recognition. Advanced stages of the disease‚ all memory and mental functioning
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the Ebola Virus The Ebola virus was discovered in the 1976 near the Ebola River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Ebola virus—previously known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever—has been typically a disease of Central Africa‚ which it was until recently. There are five different confirmed strains of the virus. There is the Zaire Ebola‚ the Sudan‚ the Tai Forest‚ Bundibugyo virus‚ each of which can affect humans. The fifth strain‚ the Reston virus‚ has only caused disease in non-human
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liberties which are protected in the Constitution and Bill of Rights. There are various diseases‚ contagions‚ and other viruses that question whether or not if one’s civil liberties should be cut off or put on pause because of its effects‚ diseases such as aids‚ Ebola‚ pneumonia‚ etc. Should people be quarantined due to a virus‚ infection or disease? The life of one person should not impact the life of thousands‚ millions
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Huntington’s disease is a fatal inherited disease that causes the gradual break down of cells in the brain. HD ( Huntington’s disease) causes deterioration of ones mental and physical abilities during their prime working years and unfortunately has no cure. In 1872‚ HD was first recognized by a 22 year old American doctor. George Huntington wrote the first ever literature on this disease‚ the paper called “On Chorea” which was later renamed as Huntington’s Disease. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries
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